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Debt (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Non-recourse debt [Table Text Block] | During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company’s subsidiaries had the following significant debt transactions:
Subsidiary |  | Transaction Period |  | Issuances |  | Repayments |  | Loss on Extinguishment of Debt
Southland |  | Q1, Q2, Q3 |  | $ | 587 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Tietê |  | Q1 |  | 385 |  |  | (231 | ) |  | — |
Alto Maipo |  | Q2 |  | 104 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
DPL |  | Q2 |  | — |  |  | (106 | ) |  | (6 | )
Gener |  | Q3 |  | — |  |  | (104 | ) |  | (7 | )
Angamos |  | Q3 |  | — |  |  | (98 | ) |  | — |
Debt In Default | The current portion of non-recourse debt includes the following subsidiary debt in default as of September 30, 2018 (in millions).
Subsidiary |  | Primary Nature of Default |  | Debt in Default |  | Net Assets
AES Puerto Rico |  | Covenant |  | $ | 322 |  |  | $ | 135 |
AES Ilumina (Puerto Rico) |  | Covenant |  | 35 |  |  | 17 |
|  |  |  | $ | 357 |  |  |

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